The Chronology of Indian History covers the start and end of an era, names of the rulers in India, battles and wars and other important events.
History is an important topic for competitive exams, including SSC, PSC, Railway and other state-level exams. Understanding the important events in Indian history will help you with your history preparation.
The various phases of Indian history are mentioned below.
Chronological Indian History with Year and Events
Here are the important historical incidents chronologically.
| Year | Events |
| 305 BC | Seleucus Nicator attacked India. At that time, Chandragupta Maurya was the Emperor of India. |
| 261 BC | Ashoka triumphs over Kalinga. |
| 58 BC | Vikram era. |
| 78 AD | Shalivahana or Saka era started. At that time, Kaniska was the emperor. |
| 320 AD | The Gupta Empire was started.Chandragupta I – Samudragupta – Chandragupta II – Kumargupta – Skandagupta.The last emperor of the Gupta era was Budhgupta. |
| 405 AD | Faxian (Fa-Hien) visited India when Vikramaditya was the emperor. |
| 606-647 AD | Harsha Vardhana (The last emperor) ruled northern India. |
| 647 AD | Harsha Vardhana died. |
| 712 AD | Mohammad Bin Qasim attacked Sindh. |
| 824 AD | Adi Sankaracharya died. |
| 900 AD | The era of Chola. |
| 1000-1026 AD | Sultan Mahmud (Emperor of Gazni) reigned in India.Al biruni(Lives in Morokko) came in India. |
| 1018 AD | Sultan Mahmud attack Kannauj. |
| 1025-1026 AD | Sultan Mahmud sacked (17 times looted) the Somnath temple in Gujrat, India. |
| 1190-1290 AD | Muslim empire in North India. |
| 1191 AD | First Battle of Tarain between Mohammed Ghori and Prithvi Raj Chauhan III.Victory of Prithvi Raj Chauhan III. |
| 1192 AD | Second Battle of Tarain. Between Mohammed Ghori and Prithvi Raj Chauhan III.The victory of Mohammed Ghori. |
| 1206 AD | Permanent Muslim empire in the reign of Qutb-ud din Aibak.Qutb-ud din Aibak killed Mohammed Ghori. |
| 1210-1235 AD | Reign period of Iltutmish. |
| 1221 AD | Genghis Khan attacked India. |
| 1236-1240 AD | Reign period of Razia Sultana (First and last female Muslim Emperor).Construction of Qutb Minar. |
| 1260-1286 AD | Balban era. |
| 1296-1320 AD | Reign of Ala-ud-din Khalji |
| 1330 AD | Muhammad bin Tughluq issued copper currency. |
| 1336 AD | Establishment of Vijayanagara Empire. |
| 1347 AD | Establishment of the Bahamani Empire in South India. |
| 1398 AD | Timur/Tamerlane plunders Delhi at the reign of Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq. |
| 1469 AD | Born of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. |
| 1498 AD | Vasco-de Gama at Calicut, a city of Kerala. |
| 1526 AD | The first battle of Panipat was between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi. [Babur wins]Establishment of Mughal empire in north India. |
| 1542 AD | Born of Akbar in Umerkot. |
| 1556-1605 AD | Reign of Akbar, Second Battle of Panipat between Bairam Khan (Akbar’s General) and Hemu (The Hindu king). [Bairam Khan wins]Restoration of Mughal Empire. |
| 1571 AD | Establishment of Fatehpur Sikri by Akbar. |
| 1576 AD | Akbar defeated Rana Pratap at the battle of Haldighat. |
| 1600 AD | East India Company got tracking rights in India. |
| 1605 AD | Akbar dies. |
| 1612 AD | First industry of East India Company in Surat, during the reign of Jahangir. |
| 1627 AD | Birth of Shivaji. |
| 1648 AD | ShahJahan completes Taj-Mahal. |
| 1658 AD | Shah Jahan dies.The position of Shah Jahan was by Aurangzeb. |
| 1674 AD | Shivaji was crowned with the Chhatrapati title at Raigad Fort, Maharashtra. |
| 1675 AD | Ninth Sikh’s guru, Tegh Bahadur, was killed by the order of Aurangzeb. |
| 1738-1739 AD | Nader Shah attacked India at the time of Mohammed Shah.Nader Shah loots the Peacock Throne of Shahjahan to Iran. |
| 1757 AD | Battle of Palassey between Robert Clive and Siraj-ud-Dulah [Robert Clive win]East India Company rule started in India. |
| 1760 AD | Battle of Bandisbash. |
| 1761 AD | The third battle of Panipat was between Ahmad Shah Abdali and Balaji Baji Rao. Marathas are lost and routed. |
| 1764 AD | Battle of Boxer between Major Manror and Mirkashim [Victory of East India Company] The British era started in India. |
| 1793 AD | Permanent Settlement by Lord Cornwallis. |
| 1799 AD | Fourth Anglo-Mysore war. Tipu Sultan died. |
| 1835 AD | The English language took place in the education system during the reign of Benting by Lord Mackowl. |
| 1853 AD | First railway service between Bombay and Thane(32 Km.) |
| 1856 AD | Born of Bal Gangadhar Tilak |
| 1885 AD | Establishment of Indian National Congress [By Allan Octavian Hume]First meeting of Indian National Congress (INC) in Bombay, Womesh Chandra Banerjee was the president. |
| 1889 AD | Jawaharlal Nehru is born. |
| 1906 AD | The All India Muslim League was formed in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Leader: Aga Khan |
| 1911-1912 AD | The capital of India transferred from Kolkata to Delhi. |
| 1914 AD | The First World War started. |
| 1916 AD | Pact between All India Muslim League and Indian National Congress. Lucknow pact happens. |
| 1917 AD | Champaran satyagraha, First satyagraha at Bihar, India. |
| 1918 AD | End of First World War. |
| 1919 AD | The Rowlatt Act or Black Bill was passed. Jallianwall Bagh massacre in Amritsar. |
| 1920 AD | After the Bal Gangadhar Tilak passed, Mahatma Gandhi became the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC).First Non-cooperation movement. |
| 1922 AD | Chourachouri massacre.End of Non-cooperation movement to wreck the government internally. |
| 1923 AD | The Swaraj party was formed by Chittaranjan Das and Motilal Nehru. |
| 1925 AD | Chittaranjan Das died. |
| 1929 AD | Purna Swaraj resolution by Gandhiji against the British Government. |
| 1935 AD | Government of India Act. |
| 1939 AD | Establishment of All India Forward Bloc by Subhas Chandra Bose.The Second World War started. |
| 1942 AD | Quit India movement.Crips proposal for dominion status establishment of Indian National Army by Subhas Chandra Bose. |
| 1946 AD | Cabinet Mission. |
| 1947 AD | British Raj left India.Indian Independence Act 1947.Pakistan was declared an Independent state.Partition of India. |
| 1950 AD | Sardar Vallav vai patel dies.Republic day. |
| 1952 AD | First General Election completed[Started on 1951] |
| 1964 AD | Death of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.Lal Bahadur Sashtri becomes prime minister of India. |
| 1965 AD | Pakistan attacked India through the Kutch Sind area. |
| 1966 AD | Taskhand pact between India and Pakistan. |
| 1969 AD | Madraz named Tamil Nadu. |
| 1971 AD | Third India-Pak war, Pakistan loss.Bangladesh has become an Independent country.Emergency law was declared a second time. |
| 1975 AD | Indira Gandhi declares Emergency.First India satellite Aryabhata successfully launched. |
| 1977 AD | Emergency law was stopped. |
| 1985 AD | Pact between Assam and Punjab at the time of Rajib Gandhi. |
| 1989 AD | First supercomputer (Cray-x-MP14) was made for the nation. |
| 1996 AD | First polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV-D3) was successfully launched from India. |
| 1999 AD | A. B. Vajpayee makes a trip to Pakistan.India started Operation Vijay (Kargil war) on 26th May to remove Pakistani forces. |
| 2000 AD | Bill Clinton (US president) visited India to improve the relationship. |
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